STAT Blog - ScanSafe STAT Blog - Can't Login to Facebook... Windows Fanatics. Ubuntu Software Centre Gets Star Ratings & Reviews | OMG! Ubuntu. The Ubuntu Software Centre gained star-ratings and reviews for application selections in a recent update to the current development release, Ubuntu 10.04. Well, sorta. I’ll explain. Although you can see the star ratings and number of “reviews” within the software centre, you can’t actually rate anything yet.
The ability to rate applications will be implemented over the course of Lucids’ development. How rating will work in Lucid To rate an application in Lucid you will be asked to sign in with your Ubuntu ‘Single Sign-On’ account – better known currently known as a Launchpad account. (This account will have uses further along the line with the Ubuntu Music Store. Stay tuned!) Once signed in you will be presented with the following pop-up window: - Okay, so it won’t look exactly like that but you can get the gist. Once you’re neatly signed in you will then be able to enter your review in a window like so: - Exciting stuff! Images 2,3 copyright Mark Shuttleworth, YouTube to kill IE6 support on March 13. Over six months ago, Google announced it would start phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on Orkut and YouTube, and started pushing its users to modern browsers. The search giant has now given a specific kill date for old browser support on the video website via a page on Google.com titled Solve a Problem: Upgrading your browser: Support stops on March 13th.
Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won't work in older browsers. As you can see in the screenshot above, YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Microsoft is trying to push users to upgrade by touting IE8's many features over IE6, particularly in the area of security. Upgrading your browser : Solve a Problem - YouTube Help. FOSS devs can collect damages from license violators. Robert Jacobson, the developer behind the open source Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) project, finally prevailed in a long-running open source software license enforcement lawsuit against Matthew Katzer, the owner of a company that sells commercial model train software.
Katzer initially threatened Jacobson and JMRI with a patent infringement lawsuit in 2005, and demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing fees. Upon investigating Katzer's claims, Jacobson was surprised to discover that Katzer had misappropriated significant amounts of JMRI code, using it without attribution in a commercial software package.
Jacobson retaliated against Katzer's patent suit by filing a copyright infringement suit. The case has attracted considerable attention within the open source software community because it has broad ramifications for open source license legality. After the 2008 ruling, the case was passed back to the district court so that the appropriate remedy could be determined. Google Gets Regulatory Approval to Buy, Sell Power. Google yesterday gained federal authority to buy and sell power in the U.S., granting it essentially the same status as a power utility. Google's headquarters is seen here blanketed in solar panels. (Source: Goozner Solar) Google could eventually use the approval to sell renewable energy directly to U.S. consumers. (Source: Wind Revolution) Traditional power utilities have a new competitor The world of power utilities in the U.S. is a story of old business.
That could soon change. While the decision of Google to enter the power business may seem a strange one, it actually makes sense. Google also will look to use its newfound abilities to make good on its motto "do no evil" by adopting power from renewable sources. The company, which has invested in numerous alternative energy projects of its own, could even enter the power production business eventually. The company's foremost objective is carbon neutrality -- emitting no more carbon than it takes in. "We’re Apple. Google Energy Seeks Approval to Buy and Sell Wholesale Electrici. Google has no concrete plans to buy and sell power now Google is the largest search company in the business and it generates massive revenue from its ad sales. The company also runs multiple data centers that consume huge amounts of electricity, however, it has a corporate goal of being carbon neutral.
One way it looks to meet this goal is by buying and using carbon credits. The company also has a massive solar power station producing 1.6-megawatts at its corporate headquarters. The problem for Google is being able to get enough green power in the areas where it operates to meet the needs of its data centers and other operations. Google's Niki Fenwick said, "Right now, we can't buy affordable, utility-scale, renewable energy in our markets. Google has created a new subsidiary called Google Energy and has filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to be able to buy and sell electricity on the wholesale market. Case closed: why most of USA lacks 100Mbps 'Net connections. Excitement about the approach of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, due March 17, is inspiring ever more dramatic calls for greater high-speed Internet connectivity in the United States. This month, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski declared that the agency wants 260 million Americans hooked up to 100 Mbps broadband by 2020.
Not to be outdone, the Media and Democracy Coalition says that by that same year consumer access to "world-class networks" should equal the present rate of telephone adoption (90%+). As these calls for ever higher benchmarks reach a fever pitch, it's worth remembering some of the grand proclamations of yesteryear. Take, for example, the TechNet group's 2002 recommendation that the government should commit to a goal of 100 Mbps to 100 million homes and small businesses by the end of the decade—in other words, now. But in case you didn't notice, 100Mbps x 100 million didn't happen. Dedicated access Instead, the boom fizzled. Gears adopters face rough transition as Google goes HTML5. Google has announced that it plans to discontinue active development of Gears, a browser plug-in that enables Web features like local storage and geolocation services.
The search giant says that emerging Web standards offer increasingly viable alternatives to the specific capabilities that are provided by Gears. Rather than implementing experimental new Web functionality in a cross-browser plug-in, the Gears team intends to focus on advancing new and existing Web standards that can be included directly in Chrome and adopted by other browser vendors. This approach to enhancing the Web is more in line with how the other major browser vendors operate. It makes sense for Google to move in this direction now that the company has a browser of its own. Although Google will not be adding additional features to Gears, the company says that it will continue to support the plug-in in a reduced capacity. Some early third-party adopters of the Gears APIs include Zoho, iStockphoto, and WordPress.
France, Australia to Adopt China-Like Web Filters. Protesters in Perth demonstrate against Australia's plan to filter the internet. Protests also popped up in Sydney, Australia's biggest city. (Source: WA Today) More protesters rally in Sydney, Australia. (Source: itNews) Proponents say its all in the name of protecting children; could similar laws come to the U.S.?
Most societies have laws or traditions to protect children from exploitation. In China, such practices are well publicized and long standing. In Australia, the Labour party has defied critics on the left and right and repeatedly tried to enact legislation to censor the internet, filtering out what it deems harmful websites such as those hosting content that depicted or condoned child exploitation. However, in December 2009, the legislation was reborn; this time the government agreed to public trials that would shape the final bill, raising its likelihood of approval. In France the debate is similarly raging. Others criticize it as being too hard to implement accurately. BCC launches Alex, the laptop free of hassles but not monthly su.